On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 1:57 AM Giuliano Colla via lazarus < lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:
> 1) if the distro provides a Lazarus package, you may try to take advantage > of it. That means in a Debian distro using apt-get or in a Red-Hat style > distro using yum or dnf. Usually either it doesn't work at all, or it's an > old obsolete version. If it doesn't work perfectly at the first attempt, > forget about what your distro provides. > Debian derivatives based on "stable" ships with relatively old package versions due to its release philosophy (the focus is on stability, not latest features). For example the Lazarus version available for Linux Mint 21.3 via apt is 2.2, which was released more than 2 years ago. I also recommend going the alternative route suggested by Giulano to get the latest up to date versions of fpc and Lazarus.
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